I have always been a fan of offbeat humor. The more offbeat the better, for the most part. Cutting edge, satirical, blasphemous, anything and everything, really. I have a much broader sense of humor than most. Hell, I even like puns. Any form of word play is great. Everything but torture and pedophilia is fair game as far as i'm concerned.
Therefore it was with much delight several years ago that I discovered a pair of Danish cartoon strip writers named Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler. These two guys aren't afraid to tackle any subject in pursuit of humor, and for that I salute them. For that reason, and because i'd like to introduce their work to more people they are the subject of todays post.
The Danes have a history of going out on a limb with humor, as i'm sure everyone knows in light of the Muslim cartoons. Wulffmorgenthaler continues that tradition, inviting you into a world of strange characters doing everything from the improbable to the impossible with style and wit. They aren't for everyone, to be sure, but if you like offbeat humor this is for you.
Among their regular characters are Weirdo Beaver, Dick Bird and Toucan Boy. Each brings a unique presence to the cartoons. A subscription gets you a new strip each day and three from the archives. All strips besides being rateable can be commented on for all to see, leading to some interesting exchanges among suscribers, which are sometimes as entertaining as the strips. They also market merchandise based on the strip.
You can access their strips by subscribing to daily emails or by RSS feed. It's well worth doing if you like what they do, and most of their strips are right on the money, with the occasional clunker. Everybody has an off day. You are invited to rate the strips, on a scale from "It sucks so much!" to "A miracle", they care about what their audience thinks. I like that.
In case the caption on the strip above is too small to read it says:
Darwin discovers he was on to something, but had not gotten it all precisely right.
Classic Wulffmorgenther. If you want more, you can go here:
http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/signup.aspx
At the bottom of that page it says:
Stay in the loop with Wulffmorgenthaler.
You can choose to subscribe to our "Daily Comic Strip" and our "Wulffmorgenthaler Newsletter", which will provide you with everlasting memories and the lastest mistakes from the world of science. And other stuff.
Both strips and newsletter can be a regular part of your life in two different formats - either by "RSS" or by what is commonly called "email". If you've got no idea what "RSS" means, then just chose what is commonly called "email". But all the hip kids know what "RSS" means, and some day those kids will rule the world.
That's Wulffmorgenthaler. That's entertainment.
